mugup
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A short break for coffee, tea, or similar.
Example Sentences
- "On small hand-liners it was customary for the youngest member of the crew to stir up the fire for the constant mugups."
- "It seems that anybody going to sea, it makes no odds whether they've had their supper or not, because when they come aboard they always have to have a mugup, hot or cold."
- "Stopped in Niniltna for a mugup at the Riverside Café."
- "“Mug-up time, fellows,” called the van driver."
Etymology
From mug + up.